#Shanghai cuisine

[dasistleeway]

I really like their simmered fish...

[toyastales]

Shanghai Beef Noodles 🍜

[sinoculinary]

Rice balls 饭团 from Shanghai, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang.

[cellamare]

For Chinese home cooking, I absolutely love The Woks of Life and Red House Spice. I also recommend Clarissa Wei’s cookbook Made in Taiwan and Betty Liu’s My Shanghai: Recipes and Stories from a City on the Water.

The Dungeon Meshi renaissance is making me want to share the resources that taught me how to cook.

Don’t forget, you can check out cookbooks from the library!

Smitten Kitchen: The rare recipe blog where the blog part is genuinely good & engaging, but more important: this is a home cook who writes for home cooks. If Deb recommends you do something with an extra step, it’s because it’s worth it. Her recipes are reliable & have descriptive instructions that walk you through processes. Her three cookbooks are mostly recipes not already on the site, & there are treasures in each of them.

Six Seasons: A New Way With Vegetables by Joshua McFadden: This is a great guide to seasonal produce & vegetable-forward cooking, and in addition to introducing me to new-to-me vegetables (and how to select them) it quietly taught me a number of things like ‘how to make a tasty and interesting puréed soup of any root veggie’ and ‘how to make grain salads’ and ‘how to make condiments’.

Grains for Every Season: Rethinking Our Way With Grains by Joshua McFadden: in addition to infodumping in grains, this codifies some of the formulas I picked up unconsciously just by cooking a lot from the previous book. I get a lot of mileage out of the grain bowl mix-and-match formulas (he’s not lying, you can do a citrus vinaigrette and a ranch dressing dupe made with yogurt, onion powder, and garlic powder IN THE SAME DISH and it’s great.)

SALT, FAT, ACID, HEAT by Samin Nosrat: An education in cooking theory & specific techniques. I came to it late but I think it would be a good intro book for people who like to front-load on theory. It taught me how to roast a whole chicken and now I can just, like, do that.

I Dream Of Dinner (so you don’t have to) by Ali Slagle: Ok, look, an important part of learning to cook & cooking regularly is getting kinda burned out and just wanting someone else to tell you what to make. These dinners work well as written and are also great tweakable bases you can use as a starting place.

If you have books or other resources that taught you to cook or that you find indispensable, add ‘em on a reblog.

[lettersfromscandi]

Shanghai, China

August 2024

[thaibypow]

Ci fan tuan

Le Sommaire Le ci fan tuan est un plat traditionnel chinois particulièrement populaire dans la cuisine de Shanghai et des régions voisines. Il s’agit d’un rouleau de riz gluant souvent consommé comme petit-déjeuner. Voici quelques points pour mieux comprendre ce plat : Ingrédients et Préparation Riz Gluant : Le composant principal est le riz gluant (ou riz collant), qui est cuit à la vapeur…

[beingjellybeans]

Fabulous Asian feasts for fam and friends at Manila Ocean Park

The summer season brings with it awesome opportunities to explore the metro’s sights with your nearest and dearest while taking advantage of the myriad of delectable food choices that Manila has to offer. Take Manila Ocean Park, for example. Not only is it the Philippines’ first world-class marine theme park and premiere educational entertainment destination, it also serves up a lot of great…

[ddarker-dreams]

we'd love to hear what you did in china!!!! i love hearing people talk about their experiences in chine bc ive been wanting to visit this summer !!!

AAA ANON i hope that you are able to go!!!!!!!! the summer heat would probably kill me, but i guess if you visit more northern areas it won't be as bad??

the cities i visited were shanghai, wuxi, chengdu, and chongqing! in terms of vibes, chengdu was my favorite, but the night view in chongqing is positively stunning. unfortunately, those areas are known for their spicy food and i can't do anything spicy 😭😭 i wanted to try the regional dishes of everywhere i went, but for chengdu and chongqing i only tried their sweets... those red peppers are brutal. i loved wuxi cuisine the most!! their regional style is known for being sweet, i devoured everything my friend showed me.

i didn't really experience culture shock, but some things that did stick out to me include:

people in the city do not play when they're driving those electric bikes. they will drive in front of moving traffic and not give af

lotso from toy story 3 is very popular

luckin coffee was my favorite chain coffee place (i tried like 7-8 different ones)

there are no monstrous ford f-150s or anything similar. unlike in america, trucks for personal use don't seem to be a thing.

MLB is essentially a clothing brand. i saw more people wearing NY yankees memorabilia in shanghai than i saw in new york

[thefourthrabbit]

Lost Heaven Restaurant

A perfect mixture of mystery and vibe. Enjoy the exquisite dining experience which draws inspiration from Tibetan, Yunan, and Indian cuisines. Or have some Moroccan tea at the Casablanca-styled terrace bar.

Fun fact: It was based on a restaurant with the same name in Shanghai (located in the famous Bund area). I only hope I have re-captured 1% of the beauty of the actual one!

Now for DOWNLOAD (SFS)

Check this document for the main cc used in the lot.

ENJOY!

[dasistleeway]

Getting a table at this Shanghai restaurant without prior reservation is harder and harder these days...

[skeletwinsauaskbox]

*starts cutting up ramen noodles fancily, wearing a stereotypical chef hat* alright alphys, welcome to the ramen noodle store *prepares mew mew kissy cutie inspired boba tea, sliding it to her* on the house for that, that is your drink while you wait, is there any order you would like to place? because you're a special customer, everything shall be free, this is our menu: /'-----------------------------------------------------'\ Noodles -------------------------------------------------------- Indomie Mi Goreng - 15G These fried noodles are a sweet-salty, umami-packed treat thanks to not one but five flavor packets: seasoning powder, seasoning oil, sweet soy sauce, chili sauce, and fried shallots. Know that this is not a brothy situation. Samyang -20G The buldak, or “hot chicken,” flavor packs a satisfying heat with or without broth, but if you crave even more heat, their 2x Spicy Hot Chicken ramen is double the fun. Don’t be fooled by the comical chicken mascot on the packaging. Eat the entire pack and your adrenaline will start pumping and sweat will start beading at your forehead. MìLà - 50G Unlike other instant noodles, Mila’s get flash frozen raw instead of cooked and dehydrated before shipping. So when you prepare them at home, you’re actually cooking them, not just reheating them. That means two things: they’re supremely fresh and they always come out perfectly bouncy. You can choose between three flavors including spicy Sichuan Dan Dan, Shanghai Scallion Oil, or savory-sweet Beijing Zha Jiang. Momofuku - 20G Its take feels inherently upscale—the noodles, a collaboration with the popular Taiwanese brand A-Sha, are air-dried instead of fried, and they use ingredients like Sichuan peppercorns for ramen that is loaded with flavor.  Nongshim Chapagetti - 30G Chapagetti (or, alternately, Jjapaghetti) is an instant noodle version of jajangmyeon, otherwise known as black bean noodles—a popular staple in Korean cuisine. Bouncy noodles are coated in a thick, umami sauce that easily clings to each noodle. 

/'-------------------------------------------------------'\ Boba Teas -------------------------------------------------------- Black Milk Tea - 10G Black milk tea is the most classic boba tea flavor, making it one of the best flavors to recommend to beginners and new customers. It's a delightful combination of black tea and sweetened milk blended to create a smooth and velvety drink. Taro Milk Tea - 10G No boba menu is complete without taro milk tea. Its stunning purple hue makes the drink an instant Undernet-worthy moment, and its balanced flavor appeals to virtually any customer. Brown Sugar Milk Tea - 15G Brown sugar milk tea's popularity is due to the distinctive tiger stripe pattern from the generous brown sugar drizzle on the sides of the cup, which adds a visually stunning element to the drink. Its taste is rich and smooth with a molasses-like sweetness that perfectly complements the robust black tea base.

Matcha Milk Tea - 15G Matcha, the vibrant and earthy Japanese green tea, offers a unique and refreshing flavor that tea lovers adore. Its taste is often described as vegetal, with a slightly bitter undertone that is balanced by a hint of sweetness. The tea is made by whisking matcha powder with hot milk and then combining it with milk or non-dairy creamer and a sweetener. Mew Mew Boba - 20G This boba tea, having originated from the 'Mew Mew Kissy Cutie' anime, is first seen in episode 7, when Mew Mew herself was sipping on it. Seeing the structure and layers, we couldn't help but resist and recreate it. Made from Starfait dust and a base of Sea Tea, this tea energizes you immensely, making you feel like you're as fast as a shooting star.

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(DUDE YOU MAKE THEM ALL SOUND SO GOOD FHRJFJKS)

[dramavixen]

watch this! – there will be ample time

Happy 2024, everyone! 'Tis the season to set goals. One of my New Year's resolutions is to be less of a drama snob and enjoy entertainment for entertainment's sake. The good news for my pretentious tastes is that most New Year's resolutions are doomed to fail.

Regardless of your television preferences, I believe that the media you consume should improve your quality of life. For me, that usually means sitting down and reflecting on how life sucks and letting that realization break my heart. That way, it can be sewn back together upon the next realization that sometimes life doesn't suck. It's a little masochistic of me.

what is there will be ample time?

An urban life drama centered around four friends in their 20s and 30s who, due to shifts in their personal and professional lives, return to their roots in the bustling city of Chengdu.

Focuses on the varying struggles of women in modern society while soothing your soul with the warmth of friendship and family.

I'm convinced that half of the lines are ad-libbed. Some of the stuff that comes out of the actors' mouths is way too natural.

why watch?

for and about the masses

The deeper I'm clamped into this world's trap of being a working-class human being, the more I'm drawn to television that depicts the average person's life. I can only watch so many shows about heirs to billionaires and gods on Earth before I start dissociating.

As you can guess, There Will Be Ample Time is a female-centric drama, but I wouldn't exactly consider it to be a "feminist" one in the traditional sense. Industry standard for feminist dramas tend to lean toward the "woman kicks male trash to the curb to live her glorious single life" trope. Those can be fun, but you can never escape the anger that comes along with seeing all those women being wronged by countless men like they're being passed along on some patriarchal assembly line. We're getting older. It's time to start looking after our blood pressures.

So here we are. Complemented by a relatively laidback Chengdu setting, our four leading ladies' lives aren't free from love life problems, but they have other things to do too:

Zhang Pei, an insurance agent with a smart eye for what work is worth doing. She's maintained a healthy relationship with her overbearing parents by keeping a distance of 1500 kilometers between them and herself for the past 15 years, but an unexpected incident makes her realize that there's no time to visit home like the present.

Gou Dandan, a beauty influencer who strives to make her life perfect both on- and off-camera. Reality hits when she discovers her husband is having an affair.

Dong Jiaxi, a recent graduate whose dream lies in writing and theater. She's just about to jump-start her career with great promise when her mother is diagnosed with cancer.

Wu Yun, a civil servant who moves to Chengdu for work. Though she visited her cousin Dandan in the city as a child, she's the only one in the group who didn't grow up in the region and needs to get accustomed to a new environment.

With the way that everyone speaks and interacts, it feels like you're taking a gander at someone's everyday life. Each character is someone you could meet on the street, a friend of yours, or just you yourself. The overarching normalcy makes you laugh that much harder at their humor and cry that many more tears when they break down.

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move over, beijing and shanghai. it's chengdu hours

The Chinese title of the show, 故乡，别来无恙, translates to "my old home, hope you've been well." Chengdu's urban landscape has proliferated in recent years, but it remains in the main characters' hearts as a place of cozy memories—it's about the giant pandas, flavorful cuisine, and hordes of people drinking tea in a park and playing mahjong during a work day while some dude marches around asking if you would like to have your ears cleaned.

People in Chengdu have their struggles, but locals seem to take everything in stride. Most of your troubles can be alleviated by walking home where your parents have dinner ready or hanging out with your friends at the neighborhood barbecue joint. Take a break, have some tea. As hard as life can be, you should always take time to live.

(Disclaimer here that I'm definitely not biased for the place just because it's also where my roots are buried. I can testify that whenever this conditioned capitalist slave goes back to visit family, she starts having an anxious reaction to the free time and relaxation she's exposed to.)

The Chengdu dialect the actors use is...it's alright. I'm one to talk, considering I can't even get half a sentence out without stumbling on my American accent. Hey, at least they tried. If I harp on them, then I also have to harp on all the other actors out there who've spent years in the circle and still can't deliver a line with proper pronunciation or emotion.

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relive your generational trauma in 4k imax surround sound

I don't know the writers' ages, but this work exudes the energy of Millennials finally aging into producing media that addresses generations' worth of mommy issues. You love to see it.

Do you see yourself in this picture? You're in high school. Call it hormones, call it rebelliousness, but you argue with your mom so frequently that it's become as routine and arduous as dragging yourself out of bed in the morning. Most often, one of these disputes ends with you shutting yourself in your room. Half an hour later, your mom bursts in without knocking to give you fruit on a plate. Ten years later, you feel like your frustrations were all so trivial in comparison to what your parents sacrificed for you. But does that make your feelings any less real?

There's something about Chinese families that makes us really good at hurting each other in the name of love and then never apologizing for it. Especially when compared to other family-centric shows, this one does an excellent job at portraying that exact issue. Each character deals with different forms of it, but they all struggle with being honest and respectful toward their family and face breaking points before they learn their lessons.

I saw myself in each of the children and my parents in their mothers and fathers. When you see a TV show reflect your family dynamics so accurately, it's hard not to cry when you see the aftermath of an argument on both sides. At the same time, you can't help but cackle when you witness some of the ridiculous things they fight over. In the end, why take things so far with your own family?

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trying real hard over here to not spoil too much, but these. two. why am i like this? romance dramas give me romance and i'm disgusted because love is dumb. non-romance dramas give me romance and i'm on the floor searching for more crumbs. it's because i'm a snob, isn't it?

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It's kind of difficult to summarize what this show does to your emotions. Somehow it manages to be an easy watch while squeezing a fist around your heart for all its worth. Most of all, it just makes you miss home, wherever that may be.

[lifeblogstory]

Shanghai Cuisine

Cuisines of Shanghai style🍗. Had roasted duck that can be eaten as Peking duck by putting the meat in a bun sandwich🥪. Turnip cakes are well-cooked but best to be eaten in the morning. Shanghai special chicken is little dry in the inside but smooth on the outside😛. Cucumber with garlic tastes little salty🥒. Soup dumpling is the most popular dish🥟. Best to combine with the roasted duck. This store accepts cash because it will be free from fees. From “Shanghai You Garden”

[calpicowater]

Week 28.5/52: July 8th - July 14th 2024 | Last Day in Shanghai

finally eating shanghainese cuisine after 1+ week of being here

i love the bund forever <3

also went to art gallery to see a variation of mona lisa

[lettersfromscandi]

Shanghai, China

August 2024

[skopostheorie]

What China does better than Australia (and I'd assume most of the West):

Substantial food (i.e. meals) is very cheap, even relative to the minimum wage here

Most places, even less famous cities, have a lot of cool culture and stuff to do, and of course their own cuisines, whereas Australia, as a young colonial country, doesn't have as much history to boast of and most attractions are less meaningful in that sense

The average person is quite kind, though some drivers will get frustrated with you

Bike infrastructure is more present, especially in urbanised areas (of which there are lots... Maybe more than there should be, but who's gonna stop the one party system hey?), and if not, you are allowed to use the footpath

Also related to urbanisation, the skyline views and things like that in major metropolises are really beautiful, where as Australia's are... Meh?

What Australia does better than China

We're less addicted to our phones (I know! I can't believe it either!)

You don't need your passport of citizenship ID card for literally everything and travel between states is not the government's business. For example in China I needed to produce my passport so I could go into a garden

Entertainment is cheaper relative to the minimum wage e.g. a book is $20 ish, which is a little under an hour's min wage, where as in China is 50RMB ish, or two hours of min wage work. However food is much worse, see above

The 70 years ownership law can make life quite precarious for the average Chinese family especially because the gov't can just snatch it off you whenever they want for their development and don't have to answer to anyone. In Aus they can take your land off you but constitutionally they have to pay you back for it. Farmland also belongs to the state in China. Farmers have it ROUGH in Australia but the fact that they actually own their land gives them an out if they need to sell and move

Similarly, while rural-urban discrepancies are a serious issue in Australia, those of China make Australia seem like a paradise and quickly puts into perspective why there are so many people in places like Shanghai

The air in Australia is mad crisp

People staring at you for being a foreigner in the city is just.... Not going to happen

What they're about the same on

A Chinese person's English is about as good as an Aussie's (insert whatever language they did in school here), obviously not including those who graduate in international studies etc. if they can't explain something to you in English they'll bring the translator out

Places like Shanghai aside (where they're absolutely fantastic), public transport is about the same

Ethnic diversity*: while Australia's is about the many many Indigenous groups AND immigration, much of which has an extensive history as well as those who are "new arrivals", China's ethnic diversity is from their ethnic minorities that don't tend to stem from immigration but is equally as vast and vibrant. Both countries have major issues with the oppression thereof but also have govt initiatives etc to support them